Manifolding device.



A. RIV SAMPSON.

MANIPOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 5, 1910.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

ALBERT R. SAMPSON, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

MANIFOLDING DEVICE.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT It. SAMrsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Devices, of which the following is z full, clear, and exact specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in a devicefor manifolding typographie impressions made by means of a typewriter, and while it is designed more particularly for use as an envelop holder whereby, in connection with a transfer sheet, simultaneously with the typewriting of a name and address upon a letter head or like paper, the same is produced upon the contained envelop, it has other functions and advantages which will be fully set forth.

In certain aspects this invention has some resemblance to the invention set forth in the patent granted to me April 12th, 1910, No. 954,822.

The objects of my present invention are, firstly, to provide a backing sheet which will act as a paper and carbon holder; secondly, to provide means on said sheet. for holding an envelop, to which a name and address are to be transferred in the act of makingi typographie impressions upon a letter head or other sheet of paper; thirdly, to dispense with a transfer sheet permanent-ly secured (as shown in my patent above referred to) to the envelop holding means, which form, as I found in practice, is not only expensive to make, but the transfer sheet soon becomes worn` when an entirely new device has to be substituted. My present device provides a construction for use in connection with a loose transfer sheet or carbon which may be used many times and, when worn out, a new one may be substituted without discarding the backing' sheet and holder; fourthly, to provide means in connection with such envelopholder whereby no part of the. typewriting except the name and address will he trans ferred to the envelop; fifthly, to provide positioning means adapted to different sizes of headings on the letter head, whereby the envelop is properly positioned for receiving the address; and lastly, to provide a device which is both economical to manufacture, which is relatively lastingin its qualities,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 5, 1910.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

serial No. 590,785.

Figure l is a plan view of the device,

having an envelop in place in the envelopholder; Fig. 2 :is an enlarged cross section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, but showing a letter head and transfer-sheet in place, as well as an envelop; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section showing the use of two sheets of carbon and two sheets of paper. l

Referring to the construction illustrated" A represents the backing sheet., which may be made of linen tracing cloth, paper or other relatively durable flexible material, upon which are mounted transverse holding and protecting strips B, C, which extend the full width of the sheet A, the same being pasted or otherwise secured to said sheets at their edges B, C', and then given a reverse fold in opposite directions, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2. The opposite edges B2, C2 remain unsecured, leaving an open space therebetween, and as either one or both of said strips may be moved away from the backing sheet A, an envelop, as indicated at I) and shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, may be readily and quickly inserted. The backing sheet A is formed with what I will term an adjustable heading E, which will project above the holding and protecting strip B su'liiciently to allow of its being folded over on some line, as, for example, at E', the position of which foldingline will depend upon the size or extent of the permanent printed matter comprising the heading of the letter head and the position of the date line thereon, as will be hereinafter explained.

Referring to Fig. 2, F, indicates a sheet of carbon paper, having its coated side facingthe envelop, so that the imprint may be made therefrom to the latter through the space between the edges B2, C2 of the holding and protecting strips. G indicates the letter head or other sheet of paper on which the initial impression is made from the typewriter. II indicates the portion of the sheet A. or of what I above term the heading E, after the same is folded over, and when so folded, the inner edge of the fold not only serves the purpose of alining the upper edges of the letter head and carbon paper, but when properly folded and adjusted to a particular letter head, positions the envelop to receive the address at the proper place thereon.

As the space occupied by the printed matter on letter heads usually varies to a considerable extent, the device is arranged, by means of the adjustable heading E, to be adaptableto such differences in size. Therefore, when the operator receives the device for use, he will find it in flat unfolded condition, as shown in Fig.r 1. The preliminary operation of adapting it to his particular letter head is as follows: He places4 the letter head over the sheet A, in such position that the date line below the printed matter ofthe `letter head, as for example, theline, New York, `January 1, 1910 shall register slightly above the edge B2 of the holding and protecting strip B, say at the, line marked a in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and, with the letter head in such position, he will bend the upper portion of the heading` E over the edge of the letter head and make a firm permanent fold., at that point, so that the inner edge of the fold will register with the upper edge of the `letter head, or,'state,d otherwise, the distance from the top edge of the letter head to the date line will be the same as ,the dist-ance from the line marked a in F ig. 1 .to the fold of the heading This being done, the device is in condition for repeated kuse inconnectiou with t-he letter head to which it has now been adapted, and the subsequent operation is very simple: The operator first places the lenvelop between the holding and protecting strips B, C, and the adjacent surface of -thesheet A, and so placed, there is left exposed a rectangularportion of the envelop D between the edges of the strips B, C, upon which the name and address tobe written may be imprinted by means of a transfer sheet or carbon paper. Over the sheet A and infolded envelop he then places a sheet of carbon paper, with the coated side toward the sheet A and its upper end under the flap H; over the carbon paper he places the letter head Gr, with its upper edge under the flap H, and with both those sheets registering with the edge of the fold E', the sheet A, with the enfolded sheets and en-` velop are placed in the typewriting machine, withthe reverse side of the sheet A next to the platen or cylinder of the machine, as will be well understood, and when the oper atorwrites the date on the letter head, no impression from the carbon will appear upon the envelop, being protected therefrom theprotecting and holding strip B. The following lines written upon the letter head, containing the` superscription, as, for example, Mr. John Doe, New York City, N. YL, will be duplicated in `proper place upon the envelop, being taken from the cari,oss,73s

bon through the space between the edges B2, C2 of the holding and protecting strips ll., C. 1n continuing the writing, the next line, or any portion of the body of the letter will not be duplicated upon the envelop, as it isprotected therefrom by the protecting and holding strip C.

The use of my device does not prevent taking duplicates of the letter, lwhich is done iu the usual way, by simply placing an additional sheet or sheets of paper and carbon under the flap Il, as shown in Fig. 3, wherein I represents the additional sheet of paper and J the carbon, the other parts being the same as in 2. l l

l wish it to be understood lthat I do not confine myself to the precise details of construction and arrangement of the invention herein set forth, as modification and variation may be made without departingfrom the spirit of the invention, as deiined by the appended claims.

I claim: l l e 4,

1. A device for holding an envelopinregistry with an address portion of a letter sheet, comprising `a `flexible backing sheet having means for registering the ,head of the letter sheet therewith,` a plurality ofV strips attached along transverse lines to one face o f the backing sheet, said strips having a width and being located at a proper distanceapart to hold an envelop beneath them and to pose between them a part ofthe envelop only sufficient to receive the address. L

2. A device for holding an envelop in registry with an address portion of a letter sheet, comprising a flexible backing sheet, a plurality of strips attached along transverse lines to one face of the backing sheet, said strips having a width and being located a proper distance apart to hold an envelop beneath them and to expose between themv a part of the envelop only suficient to receive the address, said backing sheet having means on Vone end thereof whereby the dress portioirof the letter sheet be registered with the exposed portion of the envelop.

3. A device for holding an envelop in registry with an address portion of a letter sheet, comprising a flexible backing sheet, a plurality of strips attached along transverse lines to one face ofthe backing sheet, said strips having a width andbeing located` at a proper distance apart tohold an envelop beneath them and to expose between thema part of the envelop only suflicient to receive the address, said backing sheet. being adaptf ed to be folded or otherwise shortened at i one end to act as a variable gagewhereby the address portion of the letter sheet may be registered with the exposed portion of the envelop. Y i f 4. A ,device for holding an envelop in registry with an address portion of a letter sheet, comprising a flexible backing sheet, a plurality of strips attached along transverse lines to one face of the backing sheet, said strips having a Width and being located at a proper distance apart to hold an envelop beneath them and to expose between them a part of theenvelop only suiiicient to receive the address, said backing sheet being adapted to be folded or otherwise shortened at one end to act as a variable gage whereby the address portion of the letter sheet may be registered with the exposed portion of the envelop and one of said strips being provided with a position mark to assist in determining to what extent said end should be folded or shortened.

5. A device for holding an envelop in registry with a letter sheet, comprising a flexible backing sheet having means for registering the head of the letter sheet therewith, two strips attached along transverse lines to the face of the backing sheet which is adjacent the letter sheet, said strips having a width and being located at a pro er distance apart to hold an envelop beneat them and to expose between them a art of the envelop only sufficient to receive t e address.

ALBERT R. SAMPSON.

Witnesses:

WALTER L. POST, JAMES J. Morrn'r'r.

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Washington, D. C. 

